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https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/hollywood/get-out

Fear and Anxiety in the Film Get Out (cont.)

They also state that,

“The film’s protagonist, Chris Washington, finds himself the target of a planned lynching, though his greatest offense is only his decision to date the daughter of Dean and Missy Armitage...” (p. 93).

This speaks to the historical accuracy of Black men often being hanged or punished for interacting with any White woman, even in a positive and consensual manor.

Ryan-Bryant (2020) discusses lynching and modern racism in the film, stating that Peele creates this story where a Black man is

“targeted by a group of wealthy white people intent on robbing him of his individuality, intelligence, and life” (p. 93).

Arguably the main themes of racism as it exists today, society often strives to keep sections of society quiet or rob them of their history and individuality.

Review of Others’ Perspectives of the Film Get Out

Davis (2019), The Politics of Consuming Black Culture.

“there is undoubtedly a deep connection between black cultural representation and anti-racist social and political change” (Davis, 2019, p. 579).

Davis also praises Eminem for bringing rap, a traditionally Black cultural phenomenon, into the White suburban home, bridging the way for different cultures and art forms to be admired and enjoyed by all.

While Davis acknowledges the positives of Black mainstream media, they also make a point on how White people used to share photos and memorabilia from lynching’s, she challenges that films like 12 years a slave(2013) and police brutality videos are the newest form of White people being entertained by Black peril.

Review of Others’ Perspectives of the Film Get Out (cont.)

Henry (2017), A Review of Get Out: On White Terror and the Black Body.

“Peele's Get Out illustrates the protracted terrorism that is whiteness…a socially constructed, yet materially manifested ideology, practice, and positionality—operates to secure its symbolic and structural advantage, its dominance, by devaluing, debasing, and dispossessing that which is constituted as black. In so doing, whiteness operates as terror and harbinger of suffering…” (Henry, 2017, para. 3).

Peele’s Affect on American Racism

Fleming (2017) presents key points from an interview with the director. Peele wanted to start a societal conversation with this film, but he says he was caught off guard by how often he heard of people leaving the theater and having long conversations about what they just saw.

Fleming says that Peele was unsure of how this movie would be perceived, he thought there might be fights in theaters and result in “more animosity than unity” (Fleming, 2017, para. 3).

Ultimately Peele created a sense of unity regardless of race and he was proud that Black and White people could walk into the same theater and enjoy this film together for what it was.